Wood Heat Treatment Certificate

When lumber or used previously assembled repaired or remanufactured wood packaging material is heat treated using dielectric heating the treatment code mark should be dh.

Wood heat treatment certificate.

The canadian heat treated wood products certification program ht program is an official certification system for the export of wood products to countries requiring heat treatment prior to entry including member countries of the european union new zealand and the republic of korea. Heat treatment certificates for the european union eu countries. The heat treatment certificate for consolidated shipments is permitted provided that there is an original heat treatment certificate s covering all of the material. Has been heat treated to recognized standards.

Pallet manufacturer or recycler pest control cargo forwarding export brokerage must be certified by an inspection agency. Ht is the code for heat treatment to a minimum of 56 c 133 f for a minimum of 30 minutes. The heat treatment certificates may only be issued to certify wood specifically destined to the european union. Currently there are two options for certified treatment conventional heat treatment ht and methyl bromide fumigation mb.

These are produced by deep processing procedures of synthesizing or heating and pressing wood packing materials such as plywood fiberboard and flake board excelsior sawdust wood shaving slender and curved pieces as well as less than 6mm pieces of wood. The treatment could be for each individual piece or the completed packaging and the method of treatment could be either via heat treatment ht or fumigation. Heat treated to achieve a minimum wood core temperature of 56 degrees celsius for a minimum of 30 minutes. Why is ispm 15 required.

Plib s ht program certifies mills wood packaging facilities and other operations with dry kilns or heating chambers to use ht stamps or issue ht certificates on wood that. Inclusion of this certification number ensures that the wood packaging material can be traced back to the treatment provider and or the manufacturer. For questions pertaining to treatment and marking of wpm under the heat treatment and. Represents the treatment applied to the wood packaging material.

Untreated lumber poses a risk of carrying harmful plant pests.